diff --git a/data/CMakeLists.txt b/data/CMakeLists.txt
index c40d552..474132e 100644
--- a/data/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/data/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ShibokenConfigVersion.cmake.in"
                "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/ShibokenConfigVersion.cmake" @ONLY)
 configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/shiboken.pc.in"
                "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/shiboken${shiboken_SUFFIX}.pc" @ONLY)
+# begin: arsooy_ changes
+# we need this to make makepkg's install() aware of cmake variables
+configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_vars.in"
+               "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_vars" @ONLY)
+# end: arsooy_ changes
 
 install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/ShibokenConfig.cmake"
         DESTINATION "${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}/cmake/Shiboken-${shiboken_VERSION}")
diff --git a/data/cmake_vars.in b/data/cmake_vars.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00a781c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/cmake_vars.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+@shiboken_VERSION@
+@shiboken_SUFFIX@
+@PYTHON_SUFFIX@
\ No newline at end of file